SingStar PS4 coming in 2014 with smartphone-controlled microphones

SingStar PS4 coming in 2014 with smartphone-controlled microphones

Though it adopt the same format as previous versions of the competitive music game series, users will be able to use iOS and Android smartphones and devices to create playlists. The app will also let players turn their handheld into a microphone.

Sony’s Jenny Barbour has confirmed that the songs will support Cross Buy where possible:

Where possible we’ll be making tracks available on both platforms. If you have already bought the track on PS3, and the song is available on PS4, then you won’t have to pay again.

In addition, Sony plans to introduce social media functionality, allowing players to share their efforts online via Twitter and Facebook. SingStar PS4 will also up the stakes in terms of social interaction and competiveness with an enhanced XP scoring system that rewards them for activity in-game.

The brand new SingStar will be accompanied at some point in the year by SingStar: Ultimate Party for both PS3 and PS4 with 30 tracks being made available and the option to download more songs from the SingStore. The fact that Sony says that it “represents great value for anyone new to SingStar’ suggests that it will be a compilation of some of the best tracks from previous iterations.

That’s all the details for now, but Sony will be lifting the lid more on SingStar PS4 over the next few months.